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Jul 29, 2013

The Cars - The Cars (1978, Deluxe edition 1999, 2 CD)

EAC | 2 CD | FLAC TRACKS+CUE+LOG+Covers | 628 mb+3% recovery

The year was 1978, and shaggy- haired geeks reigned supreme in three catagories: Advanced Dungeons and Dragons mastery, reciting the entirety of "Star Wars" from memory, and listening to new wave music. And listened they did-- bands like the Talking Heads, Blondie and Devo started springing up out of the woodwork and the losers ate it up like Toffee bars. Now, maybe they weren't exactly new wave, but the Cars fit the new wave stereotype close enough, and the geeks enjoyed the simple but catchy pop arrangements, the spastic moog effects, and the head- bobbing fun of the band's music. Read more